Guidance on completing the Share Your Idea form

Please select the option that is the primary area of improvement.

You can name your idea however you like but please aim for something short and descriptive.

This is your chance to tell us about the need for your project. What made you come up with your idea? Was it something you saw at work, or heard from your patients or colleagues?

We ask for a maximum of 200 words, to make sure you aren’t doing more work than needed at this early stage.

Please share with us how your idea will help patients, or staff, or both. What will it improve, or add? What would happen without your idea?

We ask for a maximum of 200 words, to make sure you aren’t doing more work than needed at this early stage.

Please enter how much your idea could cost. This can be an estimate. You’ll be asked to be more specific on costs if your idea progresses to the next stage of our process.

The minimum you can apply for is £500. If you think your idea could cost under £500, please contact us and we can explore other options with you.

This can be an estimate. Your project length can include the time needed for any recruitment, procurement, or evaluation.

Please remember – we can only fund items or ideas that go above what the NHS will provide. Please select all the options which could apply to your idea.

• Building costs – costs that are related to construction, expansion, or renovation of Trust spaces
• Consumable / material costs – costs for things that are used up and need replacing. For example: food and drink, stationery, packaging costs. Costs for the production of materials. For example: leaflets, posters, booklets
• Equipment under £5,000 – this can be medical or non-medical equipment
• Equipment over £5,000 – this can be medical or non-medical equipment
• Evaluation – you might want to consider including some costs to cover the evaluation of your idea. This can assess how well it went, and its impact. If you have any questions about this element, please contact us
• Staff costs – we cannot fund permanent roles which should be funded through GSTT centrally. We regularly fund staff costs related to the delivery of projects and programmes
• Other – if your expenditure doesn’t fit any of the above.

We need these so we can contact you to discuss your idea.

Please fill out this section so we can make as many people as possible aware of our funding. It also helps us to make our funding processes better for applicants.

Our funding is for everyone at the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. We are interested in knowing the background and banding of our applicants because we want to make our funding as equitable as possible across the Trust and its diverse staff and patients.

Sharing this information won’t influence the outcome of your idea, and those reviewing your idea won’t see it. You can also submit your idea without sharing this information with us. All ideas submitted to us will always be considered equally.